Anti Caa Protests
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Court grants bail to 14 arrested for anti-CAA violence in Muzaffarnagar
India | Jan 18, 2020, 10:45 AM ISTA court here has granted bail to 14 people who were arrested in connection with violence during protests against the CAA. District judge Sanjay Kumar Pachori on Friday allowed their bail pleas and directed that they be released after furnishing two sureties each of Rs one lakh each.
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Judicial custody of 54 extended in anti-CAA protest violence case
India | Jan 17, 2020, 11:17 AM ISTA court has extended till January 28 the judicial custody of 54 people who were arrested for allegedly being involved in violence during anti-CAA protests. Chief Judicial Magistrate Ravikant Yadav on Thursday extended the judicial custody through video conferencing.
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Chidambaram applauds Punjab Assembly for taking up resolution to repeal CAA today
India | Jan 17, 2020, 09:29 AM ISTThe Punjab Assembly is likely to table a resolution on Friday to repeal the amended Citizenship law. This move comes days after the Kerala Assembly passed a resolution against the Citzenship Amendment Act.
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Students should ask difficult questions; universities should protect their voices: Phil Baty
India | Jan 17, 2020, 06:29 AM ISTIn an exclusive conversation with India TV News, Phil Baty talked about the students' protests against the amended citizenship law across the country at various universities
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CAA protests: Police detain 30 students in Delhi
India | Jan 16, 2020, 01:42 PM ISTAround 25-30 students who were protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act and alleged brutality by the police in the Jamia Millia Islamia were detained by the Delhi Police on Thursday from the Turkaman Gate area.
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Protests held at several DU colleges against CAA
India | Jan 16, 2020, 07:17 AM ISTA series of protests were organised in several colleges of the Delhi University on Wednesday against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
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Anti-CAA protests: Delhi court grants bail to 12 in Seelampur violence
India | Jan 15, 2020, 12:40 PM ISTA Delhi court on Wednesday granted bail to 12 people arrested in connection with violent protests against the amended Citizenship Act in Seelampur. Additional Sessions Judge Lalit Kumar granted the relief on furnishing a bail bond of Rs 15,000 each and a surety of the like amount.
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Kalindi Kunj-Shaheen Bagh stretch: Delhi HC disposes off application, says role of police to manage
India | Jan 14, 2020, 11:14 AM ISTDelhi High Court will hear a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking to open the arterial Kalindi Kunj-Shaheen Bagh stretch that connects Delhi with Noida today. The road has been closed since December 15 due to the ongoing protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA).
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Kerala govt moves SC against CAA, says law is against right to equality
India | Jan 14, 2020, 10:05 AM ISTKerala government led by Pinarayi Vijayan has moved Supreme Court against Citizenship Amendment Act saying the law is against the right to ewquality.
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Anti-CAA protests: Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad seeks bail; here’s what he told court
National | Jan 13, 2020, 06:38 PM ISTBhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad sought bail in a local court in New Delhi on Monday in connection with violence during anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protest in Daryaganj area, claiming that police invoked "boilerplate" charges against him and arrested him "mechanically" without following the due process of law.
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‘Shot like dogs’: Union minister Babul Supriyo objects to Bengal BJP chief's remarks
National | Jan 13, 2020, 04:07 PM ISTUnion Minister Babul Supriyo objected to the remarks Bengal BJP President Dilip Ghosh, who on Sunday had stated that anti-CAA protestors in Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka were being “shot like dogs.”
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Prashant Kishor thanks Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Rahul for raising voice against CAA-NRC
India | Jan 13, 2020, 03:01 PM ISTJD(U) vice president Prashant Kishor has extended his thanks to Congress leaders including Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Rahul Gandhi for rejecting and raising voice against CAA and NRC adding both deserve special thanks for their efforts.
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Shaheen Bagh protests in pictures: Graffiti, demonstrations on display against CAA, NRC
India | Jan 13, 2020, 10:52 AM ISTThe protests in Delhi's Shaheen Bagh against anti-Citizenship law saw a mammoth of people on Sunday who promoted the concept of ''sarv dharm sambhav'' (equal respect for all religions or peaceful co-existance of all religions) in their huge demonstration.
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Chidambaram proposes televised Q&A session on CAA to PM Modi
India | Jan 13, 2020, 09:21 AM ISTAsserting that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not talking to his critics, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Monday urged him to select five critics and have a televised question and answer session on CAA so that people can reach their own conclusions on the amended citizenship law. The Congress leader said he hoped that the prime minister would respond favourably to his suggestion.
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Those destroying public property will be bashed with lathis, shot like in UP: Dilip Ghosh
India | Jan 13, 2020, 09:03 AM ISTBJP's Dilip Ghosh has said that Mamata Banerjee police didn't take action against the people who destroyed public properties as they are her voters but our government in UP, Assam and Karnataka have taken action these people.
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Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Christian refugees from Pak have same right on India as we do: Amit Shah
India | Jan 12, 2020, 05:59 PM ISTUnion Home Minister and BJP president Amit Shah during a rally in Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur has said that as much as right people of India and I have over this country, so does all those Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Christians who have come after facing religious persecution in Pakistan, have on this country.
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Assam: Congress leader vows to support alternative 'anti-CAA' govt led by Sonowal
India | Jan 12, 2020, 06:48 AM ISTA day after the Union home ministry issued a gazette notification that the CAA will come into force from January 10, Saikia said if Sonowal along with his MLAs quits the BJP, his party will support them to ensure that a new government is formed with Sonowal as the chief minister.
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Court asks Delhi Police to dispel arrested protesters CAA doubts
India | Jan 11, 2020, 02:19 AM ISTIn an unusual move, a court, while granting bail to 12 accused in the violent anti-CAA protest case, directed them to appear before the Investigating Officer concerned who would dispel their doubts about the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).
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Delhi Police blames Aishe Ghosh for JNU violence
India | Jan 11, 2020, 12:05 AM ISTThe Delhi Police on Friday said that nine suspects have been identified in connection with the violence on the JNU campus on Sunday evening. DCP Joy Tirkey said that JNU Students' Union President Aishe Ghosh led the mob that attacked the Periyar hostel on the evening of January 5.
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End JNU face-off ASAP: HRD Ministry's ultimatum to VC Jagadesh
India | Jan 10, 2020, 03:59 PM ISTThe development comes amid growing perception that the VC has failed to communicate the decision of service and utility charges waiver announced by the MHRD in December last year. The verbal warning came during a recent meeting between the JNU administration and the MHRD officials when the administration informed officials that the Service and Utility charges were actually waived-off for students and were to be paid by the University Grants Commission (UGC).